Retrograde analyses of spinothalamic projections in the macaque monkey: Input to posterolateral thalamus

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 499, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 953-964

  Craig, A D ^a   Zhang, En Tan ^a,b  

^a BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Interoception; Nociception; Pain; Spinothalamic; Thermoreception

Indexed keywords

CHOLERA TOXIN B SUBUNIT; IONOPHORE; TRACER;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL LABELING; CELL STRUCTURE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG INJECTION VOLUME; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; INJECTION SITE; LAMINA I NEURON; LUMBOSACRAL SPINE; MACACA; MALE; MYALGIA; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE PROJECTION; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; RETROGRADE LABELING; RETROGRADE NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT; SENSATION; SPINAL CORD; SPINOTHALAMIC TRACT; TEMPERATURE; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS; TOUCH;

ANIMALS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHOLERA TOXIN; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; MACACA FASCICULARIS; MALE; NEURONS; NOCICEPTORS; PAIN; POSTERIOR THALAMIC NUCLEI; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPINAL CORD; SPINOTHALAMIC TRACTS; TEMPERATURE SENSE; WHEAT GERM AGGLUTININ-HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE CONJUGATE;

EID: 33845394449     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.21155     Document Type: Article

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